The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism

Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz exposes and challenges the common assumptions
about whom and what Jews are, by presenting in their own voices, Jews of color from
the Iberian Peninsula, Asia, Africa, and India. Drawing from her earlier work on
Jews and whiteness, Kaye/Kantrowitz delves into the largely uncharted territory of
Jews of color and argues that Jews are an increasingly multiracial people -- a fact
that, if acknowledged and embraced, could foster cross-race solidarity to help
combat racism. This engaging and eye-opening book examines the historical and
contemporary views on Jews and whiteness as well as the complexities of
African/Jewish relations, the racial mix and disparate voices of the Jewish
community, contemporary Jewish anti-racist and multicultural models, and the
diasporic state of Jewish life in the United States.